Vegan Tex Mex Nourish Bowl with Supercharged Dressing

Vegan Nourish Bowl – Supercharged Dressing Tex Mex Style

A flexible vegan dish using walnuts to create a ‘taco style meat’. Serve with an assortment of raw vegetables, roasted tomato salsa, cooked quinoa and drizzled with a Golden Chlorella dressing this is a filling, energising meal in a bowl. Using yogurt in the dressing provides plenty of beneficial bacteria to support digestive health and immune function.

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Cooking time: 15 minutes

Serves 4

Ingredients for Vegan Tex Mex Nourish Bowl:

90g quinoa

250ml vegetable stock

Vegan taco meat

120g walnuts, soaked for 1 hour then drained

30g golden chlorella

8 sundried tomatoes, chopped

1tsp onion powder

½ tsp garlic salt

1tsp smoked paprika powder

1 tsp ground cumin

Salad

1 Cos or Romaine lettuce shredded

Handful of rocket or watercress

½ ripe avocado cut into small chunks

Handful of cooked sweetcorn

½ red pepper chopped

Roasted Tomato Salsa

1 garlic clove, chopped

½ red onion chopped

½ red chilli deseeded and chopped

150g plum tomatoes, cut into quarters

1tsp olive oil

1tsp lime juice

Golden Supercharged Dressing

1 garlic clove crushed

200g dairy free plain yogurt

2 tbsp apple cider vinegar

1tbsp golden chlorella

1tbsp lemon juice

large handful packed fresh basil leaves

large handful fresh parsley

handful of fresh tarragon

handful of fresh chives

Sea salt and black pepper to taste

2 tsp xylitol

Method:

Rinse the quinoa then place in a pan. Pour over the vegetable stock and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat, cover the pan with a lid and simmer on a low heat for 15 minutes. Turn off the heat and allow the quinoa to stand for a further 5 minutes. Set aside.

Preheat the grill to high. To make the salsa. Place all the ingredients in a roasting tray. Drizzle with the olive oil and season. Grill for 10-15 minutes until golden. Place in a food processor and pulse to create a chunky salsa. Stir in the lime juice and season.

In a food processor pulse all the ingredients for the taco meat until combined and the walnuts are finely chopped. Leave the walnuts slightly chunky for the texture.

Make up the dressing by simply placing all the ingredients in a blender and processing until smooth. Season to taste.

To assemble divide the vegetables between four bowls. Spoon in some cooked quinoa and the taco meat. Spoon a little salsa on top and drizzle over the dressing to serve.